i) Be active and do everything.
ii) Don’t sit idle and be a victim of depression.
iii)Take all kinds of food without restriction.
iv) Consult your doctor regarding intake on the quantity of salt and meat.
v) Take rest if you feel tired.
vi) Do not opt for any liver tonic that is popular in the market, it may be harmful.
vii)Be alert and cautious if suffering from fever and consult a doctor.
viii)Please take advice from doctor regarding intake of medicine.

When the liver is damaged with persistant inflammation the liver cells will die. Some other cells (stellate) and fibers (collagen) encircle the dead cells and all become fibrosed and ineffective. This type of agglomeration of dead liver cells, fibers and stellate cells will lead to cirrhosis of liver, resulting in irregular shape of liver.

i) In primary stage of cirrhosis there should not be any change in lifestyle.
ii) If tiredness is felt take rest in between work.
iii)In cirrhosis there is breakdown of protein in the body, so in the initial stage the protein intake should be high.
iv) If there is edema or ascites no extra salt should be taken and medicine should be taken empirically.
v) If there is temperature or abdominal pain in cirrhosis patient - consult doctor as it may be due to other bacterial infection/asctic fluid infection.

i) There is nothing to be anxious.
ii) Baby will be born in a complete healthy state.
iii)Only vaccination at birth & some medicines should be taken as prescribed by the doctor.
iv) Abortion for being Hep-B positive is not only unnecessary but also a crime.

Gilbert Syndrome is congenital liver disease & is characterized by non-hemolytic hyperbilirubinaemia. In adults the prognosis is excellent, needs no treatment, but occasionally Phenoberbitone is given & is clinically important only because it may be mistaken for more serious liver diseases.